Shed Alight, Beagles Wood Road, Pembury

Retained units from both Matfield and Tunbridge Wells were called out to reports of a shed alight in Pembury at around 18.30hrs on Monday evening. Matfield were first in attendance where the shed was fully engulfed in flames and minutes away from catching light to the house due to it's close proximity. We used an extended hose reel to access the fire down an alley and deployed a main delivery to bring the fire under control. The flank wall of the house was red hot and UPVC window frames, soffits and fascias had started to pyrolise before the flames were extinguished. Residents in Beagles Wood Road had to wait just under an hour for road access in and out of the cul de sac.

Smoke Issuing from oven in Pembury, Sunday evening

Matfield and Tunbridge Wells rescue ladder were called out to smoke issuing from an oven at Sandhurst Avenue in Pembury on Sunday evening at around 21.15hrs. The incident turned out to be minor.

Person trapped in bathroom, Cryals Road

Matfield were called out at approx 19.30hrs on Sunday evening to calls of a person trapped in bathroom. A small jemmy bar was used to prize the door open and free the person, who was unharmed.

Fires in Field, Queens Street, Paddock Wood

The bleeper went of at approx 02.30hrs this morning for what came through as "fire in a field" at Queens Street. Paddock Wood were first in attendance for a small storage facility fully engulfed in flames along with a separate container at the other side of the field off Wagon Lane also alight. The two fires completely destroyed the storage units and contents with at least crews from Tunbridge Wells and Rusthall also attending and a water unit from Larkfield to provide extra water. Returned to Matfield at around 04:50hrs.